Closing arguments for 2009 Watsonville murder retrial

SANTA CRUZ -- Attorneys began closing arguments in the retrial for a 26-year-old Watsonville man accused of murder in a 2009 shooting on Roache Road.

The arguments come after more than a month of testimony from gang experts, police officers and informants.

On Sept. 16, 2009, 20-year-old Richard Campos was shot to death while standing outside his car near his Watsonville home. Angel Torres, Joel Sanchez, 33, and Luis Meza, 21, were accused in the shooting and charged with murder, gang crimes and felony gun possession.

Torres and Meza shot Campos while Sanchez sat in the car, prosecutors said.

The trio originally were tried in 2013. A jury found Sanchez and Meza guilty of the charges but couldn't decide whether Torres was guilty of first- or second-degree murder. As a result, a mistrial was declared for Torres and prosecutors pursued a retrial.